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Royal Veterinary College East Africa Emergency Appeal for VetAid Kenya

VetAid Kenya is raising money for The Royal Veterinary College Animal Care Trust
“VetAid Kenya's fundraising”

on 19 August 2011

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The ACT is the Royal Veterinary College’s registered charity. We purchase vital equipment for the College’s hospitals, provide assistance to the College’s research teams who pioneer new treatments and support the College’s commitment to excellence in veterinary education.

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<p><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thanks for visiting the Royal Veterinary College's East Africa Emergency Appeal page.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Drought in the Horn of Africa has driven over a million livestock into&nbsp;the South of Kenya in search of grazing. These animals are starting to die from common infectious and parasitic&nbsp;diseases.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">VetAid Kenya urgently needs funds to get more teams into the field in&nbsp;order to protect breeding stock and help pastoralists return to their&nbsp;former way of life.</span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;&pound;10,000</span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> will get <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">three teams</strong> into the field to vaccinate the livestock </span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">that is so crucial for a sustainable long-term recovery from the emergency. </span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p> </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"></span></p> <p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our Kenyan colleagues need our help so please donate now.</span></span></p> </p> <p><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">As well as donating here,&nbsp;you can&nbsp;also donate either &pound;1, &pound;2, &pound;3,&pound;4, &pound;5 or &pound;10 by texting your chosen amount plus the following code, DMWL73, to 70070. Your donation will then appear below.&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"> <p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Royal Veterinary College Animal Care Trust (regd charity 281571) is mounting this appeal on behalf of VetAid Kenya. </span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </p> </span></p> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£12,871.00
+ £445.25 Gift Aid
Online
£1,871.00
Offline
£11,000.00

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